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Council approves Surf Sports lease amendment, terminates parts of 1983 deed restrictions with conditions including trail deadline and $100,000 annual fund
Summary
After hours of public testimony for and against, the council approved a first amendment to the Surf Sports ground lease and a termination agreement for portions of the 1983 grant deed. The council added conditions: completion of the Coast to Crest Trail by 06/30/2027, stronger enforceability language in the lease, and a minimum $100,000 annual payment to the Park & Recreation Opportunity Fund; the final vote was 6–2.
The City Council voted Oct. 27 to authorize a first amendment to the long-term ground lease with Surf Sports LLC and to approve a termination agreement that removes certain use restrictions from Exhibit B of a 1983 grant deed — subject to added conditions the council negotiated during the hearing.
Economic Development Director Christina Biblar and deputy real estate director Lucy Contreras told the council the deed’s Exhibit B restricted large assemblages and required the city to preserve affected lots as natural open space. Staff said recent litigation, ambiguities in the deed and decades of inconsistent enforcement created repeated disputes. They argued the restrictions could be terminated because the grantor (Ocean Industries) still owned parcels in the benefited land and therefore the legal mechanism exists to conclude the restriction.
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